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by narendrasingh » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:59 am
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I have been reading the various post in the forum from last two weeks, still confused how to start my GMAT prep, not sure how much time would be required to get the score of 700+. Since away from studies from last 9 years, when i completed my engineering.Thinking to appear somewhere in the month of coming Dec -Jan. Can someone help me in coming out from the jinx .

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by selango » Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:28 am
One of the mistakes many people do is taking too much time to plan when preparing GMAT.Don't get confused by reading all the posts and wasting your time.Have your own study plan.

First collect the necessary materials with good review.Read the book review in the below link

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/books

Take the OG diagnostic test.This ll give the idea in what areas you are weak and what topics must be learnt and improved.
Develop your own strategy and keep moving on.Practice as much problems and understand every question.

Start with the Basics in Quant and Verbal.You can use the 60 Days study guide available in BTG forum.Each day you ll receive the mail with the topics to study.This one is excellent resource.This ll make u to stick to the plan and cover all the topics.You can also make the use of free resources available in this forum.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/gmat-guide

Time necessary for 700+ score depends on person.If you are appearing for exam in Dec-Jan,than there is a lot to time.If you have doubts in any questions,post it and BTG members would kike to help you.
Stick to the plan and practice,practice,practice.......

All the best!!!!
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by uhsa » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:52 am
I am a bit skeptical about a "generic" 60 day GMAT plan -- one size fits all. But I am a newbie, who just entered the arena. You think this would work?

I am a bit confused on what to start first, Q or V. I read, re-read and then re-re-read Ursula/Twinsplitter, etc debriefing. General trend I see is to tackle Q first, but that might be as people on average fear Q more?? I am not sure.

Can someone show me the right way? (ironical, since I just mentioned that one size fits all is what I am worried about!!!)

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by selango » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:28 am
uhsa wrote:I am a bit skeptical about a "generic" 60 day GMAT plan -- one size fits all. But I am a newbie, who just entered the arena. You think this would work?

I am a bit confused on what to start first, Q or V. I read, re-read and then re-re-read Ursula/Twinsplitter, etc debriefing. General trend I see is to tackle Q first, but that might be as people on average fear Q more?? I am not sure.

Can someone show me the right way? (ironical, since I just mentioned that one size fits all is what I am worried about!!!)

-uhsa
Usha,

Did you take OG diagnostics test.From this you can identify your area of weakness.

Yes in general,people first study Quant then move to verbal.Its all depend on person's abiltity and time.

The 60 day study plan is useful for this only.Daily you ll read the topics one by one and concentrate more on the topics.
This plan make you aware of all the topics.
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by uwhusky » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:40 am
uhsa wrote:I am a bit skeptical about a "generic" 60 day GMAT plan -- one size fits all. But I am a newbie, who just entered the arena. You think this would work?

I am a bit confused on what to start first, Q or V. I read, re-read and then re-re-read Ursula/Twinsplitter, etc debriefing. General trend I see is to tackle Q first, but that might be as people on average fear Q more?? I am not sure.

Can someone show me the right way? (ironical, since I just mentioned that one size fits all is what I am worried about!!!)

-uhsa
Imagine that you paid $1000 or more for "the generic study plan", because that's how much thousands of people pay every year to study via popular test prep companies.
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by uhsa » Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:27 pm
ushusky,
Point noted. Thanks, I will start with the 60 day plan. I realized one more reason why I was hesitant was because I did not have all the books it required. I have Princeton, OG 10, OG11, OG12, McGraw Hill's 2010, Arco Master the GMAT 2007, Barron's, Kaplan GMAT premier 2007, Manhattan Math, SC, CR, ETS, Nova, Petersons, 800 core AWA, Manhattan GMAT Prep.

WOW, I just realized I have a lot of shit. I have practically NO excuse!!!

Hmm...
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by uhsa » Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:29 pm
Anand,
No I did not take the OG diagnostic test. The reason being that I have started after a long time, and I am fairly distant from the Quant and Verbal at the point. I thought if I could just go over the basics for a day or two, and then give it a shot...
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by uwhusky » Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:21 pm
You have too many books...

However, you are missing what I think is the most important type of book, grammar book. Everything in verbal on GMAT hinges on grammar. Believe it or not, CR and RC test you on grammar as well as comprehension. You'll spend less time trying to comprehend the content if you have developed strong grammar. I know this for fact from my own experience.
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by uhsa » Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:42 pm
Uwhusky
Thx 4 pointing a very imp. fact out. Can u pls recommend a couple of books 4 grammar? Appreciate this a lot.
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by narendrasingh » Tue Aug 03, 2010 6:18 am
Hi,
I agree , there is no alternate then to stick in plan and practice, practice and practice.

One more query.. keeping self motivated through the entire prep is again very important and needed to achieve higb score.
Any personal thought and suggestion to keep oneself motivated....


selango wrote:One of the mistakes many people do is taking too much time to plan when preparing GMAT.Don't get confused by reading all the posts and wasting your time.Have your own study plan.

First collect the necessary materials with good review.Read the book review in the below link

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/books

Take the OG diagnostic test.This ll give the idea in what areas you are weak and what topics must be learnt and improved.
Develop your own strategy and keep moving on.Practice as much problems and understand every question.

Start with the Basics in Quant and Verbal.You can use the 60 Days study guide available in BTG forum.Each day you ll receive the mail with the topics to study.This one is excellent resource.This ll make u to stick to the plan and cover all the topics.You can also make the use of free resources available in this forum.

https://www.beatthegmat.com/mba/gmat-guide

Time necessary for 700+ score depends on person.If you are appearing for exam in Dec-Jan,than there is a lot to time.If you have doubts in any questions,post it and BTG members would kike to help you.
Stick to the plan and practice,practice,practice.......

All the best!!!!
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